Category Archives: Vintage & Retro Style
Cookbook Tuesdays: Magical Desserts
If you read last week’s post (and if you didn’t, why not?) then you know that I’m giving away a copy of Magical Desserts with Whip ’n Chill to a random taste-tester of the likely-inedible Banana Tuna Salad. I still … Continue reading
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Cookbook Challenge: Doing My Part
Okay, folks, I have taken on and completed my portion of last week’s Cookbook Challenge, the long-waiting Ketchup In Dessert from a 1956 ad for Heinz Ketchup. First, we start off with some tart, green Granny Smith apples. We peel them, slice … Continue reading
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Cookbook Tuesdays: Mirro Challenge!
Once upon a time (April of 2011), I invited my readers to prepare a 1956 dessert recipe that used, as a main ingredient no less, ketchup. I had no takers. The recipe, while unusual, didn’t actually sound awful. I’m still … Continue reading
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Take a Look-See: Party Chef by Cory
Perhaps best know for vacuum coffee pots and the patented “Cory coffee rod,” the Cory Corporation is also responsible for the flying saucer shaped gem that is the Party Chef electric skillet, patented in 1956. Behold, its brushed aluminum space-age … Continue reading
Take a Look-See: WD, Nov 1968
Not much time to write any back-story for you today, but I can tell you that the following advertisements are all from the November, 1968 issue of Women’s Day. Click on images to enlarge.
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